The Adventures Of Pluto Nash 2002

Robert K. Elder, Chicago Tribune: It might be the first sci-fi comedy that could benefit from a Three's Company-style laugh track. Read more

Roger Moore, Orlando Sentinel: Is it as bad as all that? Oh yes. Read more

David Hiltbrand, Philadelphia Inquirer: A paralyzingly dopey mess, Pluto sat on the shelf for more than a year while Warner Bros. tried to inject some life into it. You might as well try to revive a stuffed moose. Read more

Elvis Mitchell, New York Times: Sadly, though many of the actors throw off a spark or two when they first appear, they can't generate enough heat in this cold vacuum of a comedy to start a reaction. Read more

Jan Stuart, Newsday: A listless sci-fi comedy in which Eddie Murphy deploys two guises and elaborate futuristic sets to no particularly memorable effect. Read more

Lou Lumenick, New York Post: So unremittingly awful that labeling it a dog probably constitutes cruelty to canines. Read more

Christy Lemire, Associated Press: It's boring. It's flat. It's ugly. Worst of all for a comedy, it's not even remotely funny. Read more

J. R. Jones, Chicago Reader: Another zillion-dollar dud. Read more

Nathan Rabin, AV Club: A waste of talent and money, Pluto Nash seems convinced that simply sticking Eddie Murphy in outer space with expensive special effects will produce laughs. Read more

Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly: How on earth, or anywhere else, did director Ron Underwood manage to blow $100 million on this? Read more

Philip Wuntch, Dallas Morning News: An air of desperation hovers over each episode of the incoherent story line. Read more

Paul Malcolm, L.A. Weekly: Dismally dull sci-fi comedy. Read more

Jack Mathews, New York Daily News: Forensics experts will be digging through the rubble of this fiasco for a long time, trying to reconstruct the accident. How did so many lines fall flat? Why were the action scenes so corny and unconvincing? Who put the stink on this? Read more

Jonathan Curiel, San Francisco Chronicle: Formulaic films are released every week, but it's rare that one has a $100 million budget, big stars whose roles are embarrassing to watch and unusual special effects that only serve to mask a predictable plot and cliche-ridden scenes. Read more

Kevin Courrier, Globe and Mail: A limp Eddie Murphy vehicle that even he seems embarrassed to be part of. Read more

Daphne Gordon, Toronto Star: There is nothing redeeming about this movie. Read more

Jan Fuscoe, Time Out: Some diverting cameos, but Murphy struggles to keep this one grounded. Read more

Robert Koehler, Variety: This ill-conceived and expensive project winds up looking like a bunch of talented thesps slumming it. Read more

Stephen Hunter, Washington Post: The result is something quite rare in professional show business: 1 1/2 hours of pure blankness. It's there but it's not there. It is but it isn't. It has nothing to offer. It's not forgettable, really, because there's nothing to forget. Read more